Course 4 of 6
Women and Girls Safety in Sport.
Keep girls and women safe and in sport: safe spaces, periods and bodies with dignity, families and culture, travel, harassment of adult athletes, and being an ally.
Anyone who coaches girls or women · 10 modules · About 4 hours · Lessons in your language · 4 weeks to finish · ₹999 · certificate valid 12 months
Open to every coach. Courses can be taken in any order.
The 10 modules.
What you will be able to do after each one.
Why girls leave sport, and what keeps them
- Explain when girls drop out of sport, and the main reasons why
- Name the coaching habits that push girls out, and the ones that keep them in
- Notice a girl who is drifting away and talk with her about it
- Bring women role models into your coaching, even if you are a man
Violence against women and girls in sport
- Name the main forms of violence against women and girls in sport
- Explain why power and culture in sport raise the risk
- Identify the girls and women who face higher risk
- Know what to do, and who to tell, when you see or hear of it
Safe spaces: facilities, timings and light
- Check a ground against the safe-space standard for girls and women
- Agree session timings and a plan for the journey home with parents
- Make practical arrangements where facilities are missing, and push for better
- Respond well when a girl is followed or harassed near the ground
Puberty and periods: coaching with dignity
- Explain the basics of a normal menstrual cycle in plain words
- Follow the three rules for periods: no penalty, no disclosure, no comments
- Set up practical support: kit, toilets, breaks and supplies
- Recognise period warning signs, especially missed periods, and suggest a doctor
Bodies, weight and body shaming
- Recognise body shaming, including comments that sound kind
- Replace body talk with feedback on what the body can do
- Handle weigh-ins and weight categories safely, and only when needed
- Spot the warning signs of disordered eating and low energy, and refer
Families, culture and belonging
- Understand the fears parents have for their daughters, and answer them with a clear safety plan
- Offer kit, timings and team life that fit a girl's family, faith and culture
- Make girls from every background feel they belong, and stop slurs and exclusion
- Recognise when family pressure has become harm, and know who to call
Travel and camps with girls
- Explain why a woman staff member and two adults must travel with any group that includes girls
- Plan journeys, rooms and night checks that protect girls' safety and privacy
- Keep parents informed and let girls contact home at any time
- Act quickly when something goes wrong away from home, and know who to call
Adult women athletes: sexual harassment and POSH
- Recognise sexual harassment of adult women athletes and staff, in person and online
- Explain why a coach must not have a romantic or sexual relationship with an athlete he or she coaches or selects
- Support a woman who tells you about harassment, and protect her from retaliation
- Explain the complaint routes open to her, including the Internal Committee, the Local Committee, 181 and the police
Being an ally: speak up, step in
- Recognise sexist jokes, teasing and harassment, and understand why silence lets them grow
- Use five simple ways to step in safely when you see something wrong
- Speak up about a colleague and know where to take a serious concern
- Give girls a fair share of time, space and kit, and value women's sport and women coaches
Putting it together
- Connect what you learned across all nine modules into one way of coaching girls and women
- Choose the safe action in real situations that mix several topics at once
- Know who to call in India for a child, for an adult woman, and for online harm
- Explain in your own words how you keep girls safe and keep them playing
How a module works.
Every module has the same two steps. Finish all 10 and the certificate is yours.
Watch
Short narrated lessons in your language, about ten minutes. Pause anytime and pick it up later.
Test
A multiple-choice test. Score 80% to pass. Miss it? Review and try again.
The certificate
Earned, dated and checkable.
Complete every module and My Drona issues your Women and Girls Safety in Sport certificate. It carries a unique number and a QR code that opens a public page anyone can check, with no account.
It is valid for 12 months and appears on your Digital Coach Passport with the date you earned it.
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